Starting Saturday, November 4 from 10 AM to noon, Chess Club is welcoming players of all ages. Families welcome! Whether your are a beginner or an expert, come play and improve your game. Learn tips and tricks and compete with other chess lovers. Eric Godiers will be teaching beignners and coaching those who already play the game.

Sue Lehr, local author of Brilliant Bob - My Husband with Alzheimer's disease - our love story, will talk about her book, their lives together, and the stages of Alzheimer’s disease as they experienced it.

According to the American Alzheimer’s Association ... more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s Disease. Bob was one of these statistics, but his and Sue’s daily life with Alzheimer’s for over ten years was much more complicated. Brilliant Bob - My Husband with Alzheimer’s Disease - our love story describes what happened as Bob and Sue progressed through the seven stages of this heinous disease for about 10 years before he died in 2014. Sue’s talk will focus on these stages and how they managed to cope, then follow with questions and discussion with the audience.

Join us for our Science & Supper Club, part of the Pushing the Limits book discussion series for adults. A light supper (with vegetarian and gluten free options) will be served.

Registration required.

You can pick up a copy of the book at the library. Audiobooks, e-books, and e-audio books are available in the libary system.

Pushing the Limits is a reading, viewing, and discussion program for adults in communities served by rural libraries, made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Pushing the Limits of TraditionTuesday, November 14 from 6-7 PMAs humans, we often cling to the familiar, and sometimes great dynasties result from children following in their parents’ footsteps. The human body can also benefit from the repetition of familiar motions and routines, creating the physical tradition of muscle memory.

We will explore how humans push the limits of tradition with Emily St. John Mandel’s national bestseller Station Eleven and Kari Zhe-Heimerman, Librarian for the Sciences at LeMoyne College. When a global pandemic ends the modern way of life in present-day America, how do traditions like art and culture survive?

Pushing the Limits of TransformationMonday, December 11 from 6-7 PMHow are humans driven to transform the world around us, and how do we often transform ourselves in the process? We will explore how humans push the limits of transformation with Hope Jahren’s national bestseller Lab Girl and Sherilyn Smith, Professor of Biology at LeMoyne College.

Lab Girl is the fascinating memoir by American geochemist, geobiologist, and professor Hope Jahren. She explores the life cycle of trees, comparing it to her own transformation from a quiet childhood in bleak Minnesota to running a busy lab in Hawaii, weaving in observations on family, friendship, bipolar disorder, and the state of women in science. Lab Girl won the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award.

We have exciting family-friendly programs coming up this summer, including The Twin Magicians, Puppets with Pizazz, The M.O.S.T, and Zoo to You. Also, Monday Movie Matinees, the documentary From the Ashes, kids and teen programs, and much more!

Monday, May 8 at 6:30 PM join us to meet and have a moderated question and answer session with the Tully Board of Education candidates. Members of the public can submit questions anonymously in the suggestion box at the library circulation desk, or click here to submit a question online.

What's happening locally? Now you can follow the calendars of local organizations including the library, Tully Central Schools, Tully Arts Council, Historical Society, and more! Click here to go to the Burbio.com website!

The final Pushing the Limits program has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 6 from 10:30-noon.

We will explore how humans push the limits of nature with Clive Cussler's book "Arctic Drift" and Sherilyn Smith, Professor of Biology at LeMoyne College. How do we survive? As humans, we’re driven to find a way to survive, whether trapped in a life threatening situation or competing in a sport. Our instincts urge us to push our limits to make it through, one way or another.